A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

Host Jeff Caplan is joined by Morissa Henn, Director of Community Health for Intermountain Healthcare, and Heather Barnum, part of the communications team for the Utah Coronavirus Task Force, to answer your questions about COVID-19. 

What's the biggest mental health problem you're seeing? (:44) 

How can you help people with severe anguish? (2:06) 

Will coronavirus become seasonal or recurrent like the flu? (3:42) 

How do we address domestic abuse in this time? (6:12) 

What discussions are taking place, if any, about reopening the state for business? (9:51) 

Is there a consensus on when we get back to normal? (10:59) 

Doesn't it feel like it's normal to feel abnormal? (12:25) 

If I get the virus and recover from it, can I get it again? (20:39) 

How can I help my kids with underlying mental health concerns? (22:01) 

How will antibody testing work? (23:57) 

Do we have enough PPE for medical workers now? (25:31) 

Can you tell by traffic at the state website what will happen with unemployment claims this week? (27:31) 

Join KSL either on the radio or on the podcast weekdays at 12:30 pm to hear your Coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.

A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

Dr. Donna Milavetz, MD, MPH, FACP. Senior Vice President, Utah & Arizona Markets, of Steward Medical Group and Heather Barnam from the Utah Coronavirus Task Force join KSL NewsRadio  

The questions they answer today are:

When will we know if today is the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in Utah ~1:02

How many people have recovered and why hasn’t the state released any of those numbers? ~2:00

How does COVID-19 care change for individuals with compromised immunity or a DNR?  ~3:11

Are we worried about the virus spreading at grocery stores? ~6:34

Where does Utah stand, and what has the governor said, about wearing a mask when we go to the grocery store? ~9:38

What percent of people who contract coronavirus don’t know where they got it from? ~12:15

Does the task force keep those kinds of numbers? Do we have mystery cases in Utah, and a percentage for them? ~14:27

Join KSL either on the radio or on the podcast weekdays at 12:30 pm to hear your Coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.

A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

On the program today, KSL Newsradio host Jeff Caplan brings Dr. Mike Baumann, Chief Medical Officer for MountainStar Healthcare and Nate McDonald, from the Utah State Coronavirus Task Force.

The questions answered today are:

1 - About 70,000 Utahns have filed for unemployment benefits since this pandemic began. How is the state's jobless claims system holding up? (:48)

2 -  We talk about ventilators in political terms - but at the hospital, isn't being on a ventilator a hail mary? (2:01)

3 -  Is there an inoculation period, after someone is exposed to the virus, in which they are not contagious? (3:25)

4 - Lt. Gov. Cox has talked about a new surgical-type approach to testing. Does his new approach get us more in line with So. Korea and their amazing results. And, what is holding us back from achieving So. Korea's successes? (5:42)

5 -  I play pickleball and tennis. If one player on each side plays with a shared ball, do they have the possibility of transferring the virus?  (8:20)

6 - Is it safe to do outdoor lawncare type of work, especially for someone in a high-risk group (age 62)? (11:30)

7 - Can COVID-19 be transferred person-to-person by a mosquito? (13:00)

8 - If someone doesn't cooperate with the travel order on their way into Utah, are they arrested? (14:20)

A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

Governor Gary Herbert joins Jeff Caplan to answer your questions about COVID-19.  The questions they answer today are:

Did Dr. Anthony Fauci speak to you about a statewide shut down on your phone call this morning? ~1:08

Will campgrounds be open? ~2:27

Is the state of Utah going to waive the 1 week waiting requirement to qualify for unemployment? ~4:15

Are schools going to be shut down for the rest of the year? ~ 6:13

 Jeff tells the Governor that he's seen multiple emails from people who are telling the radio station that their employer is not following social distancing recommendations. These people are fearful for their health and for their jobs. What can they do? ~9:15

Is Utah going to suspend the car registration process? ~11:37

If the peak of the coronavirus is this weekend, what does that mean for us? Will things go back to normal? ~12:55

People seem not to be abiding by the stay at home order, why haven’t you shut the state down? ~ 15.10

How are we going to balance the state budget? ~19:22

Join KSL either on the radio or on the podcast weekdays at 12:30 pm to hear your Coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.

A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

Dr. Michael Good, CEO at University of Utah Health and Heather Barnum with the Utah Coronavirus Task Force join Jeff Caplan in this podcast to answer your questions about COVID-19.  Today, the questions they answer are:

Do you see any indication of when things might get back to normal? ~1:00

When will testing be available for antibodies to find out if someone has had the coronavirus? ~5:12

If the testing is only done on people with flu-like symptoms, is the number of people with the flu this year extraordinarily high compared to an average year?  ~11:20

It doesn't seem like Utah us rising up the curve at this point? (~14:30)

The CDC website tracks something called ILI, or Influenza-like Illness. What is this? (~16:30)

Join KSL either on the radio or on the podcast weekdays at 12:30 pm to hear your Coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.